Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 18:10:31 -0400 From: Byron <tackyfartnospamo.com> Subject: Re: Cost of repair Audi BMW Saab...(crossposting)
>>Now you will talk speed, not safety :)! Interesting enough that you mention >>threshold braking though, because I think that's something many people >>should learn to do. I don't doubt your BMW might be faster if you chose the >>road or circuit, but if I was granted the privilege of choosing my own road, >>then things would be very different. >> >> > >You think so? Whaddya want? Sears Point? Going to the Sun Highway? >Sebring? M¸nchen to Interlaken? Watkins Glen? Yellowstone to >Jackson Hole? Mid Ohio? Loveland Pass? The Amalfi Drive? Lime >Rock? Oaxaca to Veracruz? Ohio 555? Aosta to the Matterhorn? I >haven't even been to all those places (the most anal retentive >researchers might discover it's all but one), but I'm ready. >-- >C.R. Krieger >(Been there; drove that) > > I've never met either of you, so I have no idea of your driving abilities. It would be interesting for you to race on any of those roads, exchange cars, and do it over again. That would help eliminate driver skill from the equation, assuming you were both fairly competent, and let the virtues of the vehicles be seen. That's what this thread was originally about, right? Well, no, but it would be an interesting comparison anyway. But then again, I'm not sure what model BMW and Audi you guys own - if the BMW was an older powerful RWD sportscar (like the 507) that was 1000+ lighter than a newer (safer) much heavier AWD Audi sedan, the BMW would run away with a race unless the road conditions were truly horrible. Racing a 3.2 TTq vs. a 3.0 Z4 would be more of a direct comparison for the AWD vs. RWD debate. - Byron
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